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HP Integrity NonStop H-Series User Manual

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Section 1: General Information

Use the SCF START TAPE command to start a tape device after the 5242 or 5242-ACL
tape drive has been installed. The START command makes a stopped tape drive accessible
to user processes. When the START command finishes successfully, the tape drive is in the

STARTED state. For more on the START command, see the SCF Reference Manual for
the Storage Subsystem
. For example:


->START $TAPE0

3.2.4.2 Testing a Tape Device

Use the SCF STATUS TAPE, DETAIL command to produce a report that shows
information such as processor numbers for the tape process, logical device number of the

tape device, and current state of the tape device. For example:

->STATUS TAPE $TAPE0, DETAIL

STORAGE – Detailed Status TAPE $TAPE0

Tape Process Information:
LDev

State

SubState

Primary

Backup

DeviceStatus

PID

PID

68

STARTED

0,291

1,273

ONLINE,BOT

Current Settings:

ACL ..............NOT INSTALLED/UNK

BufferLevel .......RECORD

CheckSumMode .....NORMAL I/O

*Compression ......OFF

Density ..........2.4-4.8 KB/mm

Media Type ........Not applicable

Opens ............0

Product ...........5140/5142

RecSize ..........2048

Short Write Mode ..ALLOWED, PADDED

Subtype ..........11

Tape Mode .........STREAM

Volume Switching .EOT

Figure 15

Example of a SCF status tape detail command

HP StorageWorks DAT 72 (Models 5242 and 5242-ACL) User's Guide

15 HP Part Number 528296-03 July 2005

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